Sometimes I have a lot to say, and sometimes I don't have much to say at all.

5.20.2007

First Observations

-Everyone is Nice; an uncanny many are Very Nice. -Gas is $3.15/gal-Many unattractive, happy-looking people.-Wide roads. -At least 15 church steeples on the highway between Salt Lake and Logan.-Parking lot of apartment complex sparsely populated; various-sized grills, kiddie pool, raft, and large stump occupy three spaces.-KFC is across the street from a funeral home.-The proportions of different types of food are inverted here. For example, the "Natural Foods" section at Albertson's looks like the Albertson's/Safeway in Orinda, and the rest is seventeen kinds of Cool Whip, the entire Hostess and Kraft line, and tons of cheap beer-- cheap beer that isn't sold on Sundays. Also, Post cereals are much, much cheaper. Family size Honey Bunches of Oats: $5.33 in CA, $2.96 in UT.

But I always save the best for last:-Stump: a drinking game in which one tosses a hammer, catches it, and immediately attempts to lodge an opponent's standing nail into a stump. There are few and many rules, but in any case the game is played with beer in one hand, hammer in the other. As it turns out, I am remarkably terrible at catching a flying hammer.